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John Haack is an American powerlifter and chemist. He is the current world record holder in the raw 82.5 kilogram weight class. He set the current world record of 907.5 kg on August 3, 2019 at the age of 26 at the Tribute powerlifting meet in San Antonio,Texas. For this total, he squatted 312.5 kg, bench pressed 232.5 kg, and deadlifted 362.5 kg. This total beat his own previous records of 890 kg and 875 kg. The previous record holder in this weight class was Maliek Derstine, with a total of 862.5 kg on January 23, 2016. However, Mike Bridges, using only cloth knee wraps posted a squat of 380kg, and completely raw bench and DL of 236kg and 343kg, respectively, for an untouchable WR total of 959kg at 82.3kg body weight, at the 1982 Sr. Nationals, which is still considered the greatest effort in PL history.
Brady Anthony Stewart is an American weightlifter. He was born on July 21, 1982 in St. Louis Missouri. Stewart is an 8-time US National Bench Press Team member for USA Powerlifting(Luxembourg 2009, Lithuania 2013, Sweden 2015, Denmark 2016, Lithuania 2017, South Africa 2018, Japan 2019, Czech Republic 2020[canceled due to Covid-19]). Stewart is the current American Record holder in the 120 kg / 264 lbs weight class with a press of 356.5 kg or 785.9 lbs. Stewart is the only lifter in US history to have medaled in IPF OPEN World Equipped Bench Press Championship competition in the 264 lbs weight class. He is also a member of the historic 2009 World Champion US National Bench Press Team.
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